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the usual kernel panic troubles - SOLVED

on my first attempt to install gentoo and compile a kernel from scratch, i think i messed it up. it compiles and install okay, but when i come to booting the OS from the hard drive i suffer a kernel panic:

i installed it on a reiserfs partition and have already configured ReiserFS support into the Kernel. the GRUB Boot is also pointing to the correct Kernel (kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6). i am running an IDE hard drive and have installed the support for that as well. although, i am looking at the config file now and am wondering if Parallel IDE high-level drivers will be of any importance.

the only part of the manual i didn't follow is the networking section (since i ain't setting up a network and only have access to the internet from a USB modem ) i also didn't change the symlink to kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 but i can't see this making much difference.

EDIT: I (sortof) solved this problem when i got my new ethernet modem and was able to start from stage 1

Here's why Linux is easier than Windows:
Package Managers! Apt-Get and Portage (among others) allow users to install programs MUCH easier than Windows can.
Hardware Drivers. In SuSE, ALL the hardware is detected and installed automatically! How is this harder than Windows' constant disc changing and rebooting?

the GRUB is on my /dev/hda6 (SUSE) iirc. there is a GRUB installed on /dev/hda1 but that wasn't booting SUSE so i reverted to the SuSE one.
the /boot and / for gentoo are on /dev/hda3

Here's why Linux is easier than Windows:
Package Managers! Apt-Get and Portage (among others) allow users to install programs MUCH easier than Windows can.
Hardware Drivers. In SuSE, ALL the hardware is detected and installed automatically! How is this harder than Windows' constant disc changing and rebooting?

ok, that didn't work. it gave me a file not found error, which means the problem isn't GRUB, but it is the gentoo kernel.

Here's why Linux is easier than Windows:
Package Managers! Apt-Get and Portage (among others) allow users to install programs MUCH easier than Windows can.
Hardware Drivers. In SuSE, ALL the hardware is detected and installed automatically! How is this harder than Windows' constant disc changing and rebooting?

Here's why Linux is easier than Windows:
Package Managers! Apt-Get and Portage (among others) allow users to install programs MUCH easier than Windows can.
Hardware Drivers. In SuSE, ALL the hardware is detected and installed automatically! How is this harder than Windows' constant disc changing and rebooting?

Try this: Get the Grub command prompt by pressing 'c' when you get the boot menu. At the Grub prompt, do 'root (hd0,0)' and then do 'kernel / <tab>'. Grub should return a list of files found in (hd0,0) and you should see in that list your kernel 'kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6'. If it isn't listed, we need to look elsewhere.